Shloka 84

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच एवमुक्त्वा सम्प्रयातो दिवं स विभ्राजन्‌ वै श्रीमता दर्शनेन । दृष्टश्न तुष्ट्या परयाभिनन्द्य प्रदक्षिणं मम कृत्वा महात्मा

Transliteration

Yājñavalkya uvāca: evam uktvā samprayāto divaṁ sa vibhrājan vai śrīmatā darśanena | dṛṣṭas taṁ tuṣṭyā parayābhinandya pradakṣiṇaṁ mama kṛtvā mahātmā ||

Translation

యాజ్ఞవల్క్యుడు పలికెను—రాజా! ఇలా చెప్పి ఆ మహాత్ముడు తన శుభప్రభావమయ దర్శన తేజస్సుతో ప్రకాశిస్తూ స్వర్గలోకానికి ప్రయాణమయ్యాడు. అతనిని చూచి నేనూ పరమ సంతృప్తితో భక్తిపూర్వకంగా అతనికి నమస్కరించితిని; అతడు నన్ను ప్రదక్షిణ చేసి తన మార్గమున సాగిపోయెను.

Word by Word

• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Yajnavalkya
• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā)

• सम्प्रयातः: departed / went forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-या
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past participle (kta)

• दिवम्: to heaven
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विभ्राजन्: shining forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-भ्राज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present participle (śatṛ)

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• श्रीमता: with splendid / glorious
• श्रीमता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमन्त्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दर्शनेन: by (his) appearance / sight
• दर्शनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• दृष्टः: seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past participle (kta)

• तुष्ट्या: with satisfaction
• तुष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परया: supreme / great
• परया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिनन्द्य: having greeted / having congratulated
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-नन्द्
• Form: Absolutive (lyap)

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation (keeping to the right)
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā)

• महात्मा: the great-souled one
• महात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Svarga (Divaṁ, heaven)
• Viśvāvasu (Gandharva king, per the passage context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharmic etiquette: honoring the worthy through reverent greeting and pradakṣiṇā. It presents respect for spiritual or noble persons as an ethical act that reflects inner purity and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

After speaking, the radiant celestial figure (identified in the context as the Gandharva king Viśvāvasu) respectfully circumambulates Yājñavalkya, receives/returns honor, and departs to heaven; Yājñavalkya watches him with deep satisfaction.